‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Putting ‘Sherlock’ Co-Creator on Ice for Now

Now that the first Game of ThronesSeason 6 footage has debuted, fans wait with bated breath to learn which characters new and old will put in 2016 appearances. Sadly however, Sherlock co-creator and co-star Mark Gatiss won’t be among them, as Tycho Nestoris will apparently spend Season 6 counting coins in the Iron Bank.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Gatiss confirmed that Nestoris would sit out Season 6, though the character might return in the years to come. Granted, it wouldn’t be the first time a Game of Thrones actor denied having a part to play in Season 6, we’d take this one at face value.

I have hopes [to return]. I had dinner with Dan and David when we were in Croatia filming last year and I made what I thought was a very cogent pitch to be the last character alive in the whole saga. There should be a crane shot, everybody’s dead except me. Because, clearly, the only person who can survive is the bank … They smiled knowingly and probably made a note to organize my imminent death.